The storm will stay mostly north of Santa Cruz, so the rest of the soggy Central Coast will only experience a light drizzle, KSBW Meteorologist Lee Solomon said. Thursday and Friday will usher in sunny skies that will last through the weekend.

Three powerful storms drenched Northern California within a week, especially in Big Sur and the Santa Cruz mountains. Friday and Sunday's storms dropped as much as an inch of rain an hour in some areas.

"I think everybody got nervous last week," meteorologist Dan Keeton said. "These storms came with plenty of warnings, but it rained so hard at times that many were still left surprised by what Mother Nature can do."

The most dramatic destruction happened on Vine Hill Road north of Scotts Valley, where the road completely collapsed down a hillside. Santa Cruz County public works crews were trying to determine if they could open one lane for traffic on Monday.

Within the last seven days, Santa Cruz was sloshed with five inches of rain, Monterey with three inches, Big Sur with seven inches, and Ben Lomond with six inches, according to the National Weather Service.

Rivers that overflowed during past winters storms -- the Pajaro River in Watsonville and Soquel Creek in Capitola Village -- did not flood surrounding neighborhoods this time around.

Capitola residents said rain from Sunday's storm stopped just before the Soquel Creek reached its capacity, and the Pajaro River breached itself.

Officials said they still have not been able to identify a man who was found floating in Soquel Creek during the first storm, which hit on Wednesday. The body was pulled out of the creek at 11 a.m. behind the Nob Hill grocery store, and there was no evidence of foul play.

Deputies said they are not sure if the man's death was related to the storm.